Chapter 31: You Can't Save Everyone
The overwhelming flock of crows only blinded everyone's vision for a moment, and no one could see what was going on inside, but when Brent's screams came to an abrupt end, they all felt as if their hearts had stopped beating half a beat.
Leopold was momentarily stunned, his handsome face was full of disbelief, he had forgotten even the most basic defenses, and stood under the crows.
Jerry didn't stop, he continued to rush forward until the crows in the sky dispersed.
Neither the giant grey crow nor Brent were gone, and the crows had apparently taken them all for food, except for an indigestible thing that was falling from the sky with a cold light, and Jerry had grabbed it in his hand.
It's a longsword, the sword of the Knights of Leopold.
Whoosh -
Jerry didn't stop, no one could see his current expression clearly, he could only see that he was rushing towards Leoper, and there were several gray crows on the other side who were also hovering and seemed to be trying to dive, but they were intimidated by the fluctuations of Leoper's fighting spirit, and they didn't rush down for a while.
Leopold was still the same sluggish as before, and with her intelligence, she had already guessed the reason for Brent's most violent attack, all of which started with Liwei before her.
This result made her unacceptable, she felt that it was all her own fault, at this moment, how many gray crows were hovering in the sky, no matter how dangerous the environment she was in, she couldn't feel it at all.
Syllable!
A heavy slap slammed into her face, finally bringing her back to her senses in an instant from falling into a state of self-blame.
Right in front of her, Jerry was staring into her eyes and shouting word by word, "Captain, you can't save everyone!"
The cold touch, it was her knightly sword being shoved into Jerry's hand.
"You can't save everyone...... Yes, I can't save everyone, but I'm the vice-captain......."
Leoper's body shuddered and he looked up to see Jerry yelling to stay in formation as he slashed a crow from the sky that had attacked him.
She suddenly felt that Jerry's words were not just for her, but also for herself, because he couldn't save everyone either!
From now on, everyone will obey Jerry's command, this is my first order to you as the vice-captain!"
Leopold shouted, and with the blessing of her fighting spirit, her voice thundered in everyone's ears, causing several people who seemed to have begun to give up to raise their heads again.
Jerry didn't say anything about Leoper's orders, he had been directing the group for a long time, and it was good to be acknowledged now, but it was never the time for him to show any gratitude.
Everyone, including Leopold, was acting according to Jerry's command, and if someone attacked to stop the crow, the people around him would immediately help defend it.
Although Brent is now lacking in the stronger combat power, perhaps everyone has finally begun to get used to the crow's attack, and the speed of the team is a little faster.
Jerry himself is still in the role of an arrowhead, but this time he is a wandering arrow, and he will immediately make up for flaws wherever they appear.
Leopold was the only one who could notice how strange his current state was, obviously walking on the outside of the group, arguably in the most dangerous position, and also the person who suffered the most attacks from the crows.
But Jerry was always able to get out of the way before he got caught in the crows, as if he knew where the crows were going to attack him and where they were going to avoid the crows, and at the same time not to interfere with him from supporting the rest of the reserves.
"Puppet Wood Man ......"
Leopold's heart moved, and she thought of the situation when Jerry had fought with those wooden men when she was in the training ground of the wooden people. If she thought of these crows as puppets, she found that they were almost identical, and Jerry did not rely on his physical agility and reflexes to avoid the crows, but he seemed to have predicted the other party's actions in advance.
But how is this possible?
Wooden people are limited by magic runes and may be caught in fixed ways, but what about the crows?
Wrong!
Thinking of being an individual, Leopold suddenly realized that he had gone wrong.
If there is only one or even a small number of gray crows, they are indeed independent individuals, but now these gray crows are almost in formation, which is the most terrifying thing about them, but at the same time they make them subordinate to the whole, forming a certain regularity.
Jerry captured this regularity and used it to make use of it, so it had this incredible effect at the moment.
"If it was just him, he should be able to escape!"
The thought popped into Leopold's mind, but at the same time, she also felt something unusual moving in front of her.
When she listened carefully, her face immediately changed and she shouted to Jerry, "There's someone ahead!"
"It's Tony, them!"
Jerry's pupils constricted, and he didn't doubt Leopold's judgment.
And at this time, someone will show up, either Mongo will go and come back, or Tony and the three of them will rush back.
Obviously, the latter is more likely!
"All speed up!"
Jerry was extremely anxious and shouted loudly.
He had seen the information of the Grey Crow, and knew that the Grey Raven had a strong swarm, and was able to determine which targets were more valuable, and then attack this target with all his might.
At that time, he hoped that Tony and the others would not turn back, as long as the crow flock was still on his side, the rest of the place would be safe, and in the face of such a large crow flock, it would be useless for the three of them to rush back.
But as he had already expected, the three guys chose to return.
The situation ahead can already be seen directly, a large number of gray crows are launching a fierce attack on a place, the gray crow feathers almost wrap that place into a round ball, only the occasional flash of brilliance, it is the appearance of someone wielding a weapon in battle.
There's no need to guess now, it must be Tony and them, but no one knows what their current situation is or if something worse has happened.
Jerry gritted his teeth, it was a good time for him to rush out, Tony and they had attracted a large part of the attention of the Crows, which was why the pressure on his side had suddenly decreased.
But let him save himself by sacrificing others, or should he abandon those who rushed back to join them on his own initiative? He couldn't do it! His heart, neither the sword in his hand, would agree!
"Vice Captain, continue to rush forward with everyone, don't stop no matter what!"
Leopold guessed what Jerry was going to do as soon as she heard him speak, but by the time she heard the voice, Jerry had already broken away from the group and rushed in the direction of being besieged by the Grey Ravens.
Leopold was extremely anxious, she really wanted to rush over with Jerry, if she helped, the chances of rescuing Tony and the others would naturally be a little higher.
But as Jerry asked her to do, her responsibility was on her side.
Once she also left, the team simply wouldn't be able to hold out for long under the crow's attack. At least for the team itself, she has the biggest role to play on the defensive end, even Jerry is far inferior.
Whether it's Jerry's arrangement, or her own responsibility, she can't leave!
"Damn!"
The boredom turned into hatred for the Crow, and with each of Leopold's swords, at least one Crow was split in half.
And her attention, in fact, has been staring at the back in front of her, watching the other party rush into the crows, and watching the back disappear behind the gray feathers like a curtain.
......
Jerry's every move is careful and decisive at the same time.
Whenever the crow's attack was about to fall on him, he took a step ahead of him, narrowly avoiding the deadly claws.
This was exactly how he dealt with the puppet woodmen in the Holy City, though he wasn't sure it would work until he tried to save Brent.
It wasn't until he used it for the first time in the face of the crow flock after the rescue failed, and he used the time he spent around the team to further determine that he dared to use this trick in the crow flock, which also gave him the possibility of rescuing Tony and the others.
However, as Leoper guessed, if only one person could escape, there might be such a possibility, but Jerry couldn't even think of it.
It had nothing to do with morality or glory, it was just that he knew very well that it was okay to deal with the siege of seven or eight gray crows with his own ability, and he could calculate their attack routes in advance, but if there were more of them, he would not be able to cope with them.
He couldn't calculate the attack routes of more than ten gray crows at the same time, and even if he could barely calculate it, his current physical condition would not be able to support him to complete such an evasive action.
From a distance, Tony and the three seem to be completely enveloped in the crows, but when they get closer, Jerry realizes that there are not as many crows as he thought.
They are so large that they have a limited number of attacks per attack, and if they are larger, they will not be able to perform them themselves.
This made Jerry's heart a little more relaxed, he had already seen Tony and them, all three of them, struggling to fend off the crow's attack.
To Jerry's surprise, although all three of them were injured, they did not fall behind in the battle.
The cooperation of the three of them was quite tacit, and they maintained the rhythm of two attacking and defending one, while those gray crows had to leave at least one crow corpse on the ground after each attack.
"Awesome!"
Jerry couldn't help but admire in his heart, he could see that the cooperation of these three people was much stronger than that of his own team.
But it's not surprising that Tony, Daniel, and Carlos have a good relationship, and they even built the only three-person dormitory in the reserve, and even eat and live together.
The tacit understanding between them is not limited to the process of tactical cooperation.
However, Jerry also understands that this is only superficial or temporary, and no matter how subtle their cooperation is, they will not be able to reverse the disadvantage of lack of strength, and if this continues, there will definitely be a moment of failure, and then it will collapse in an instant.
And so it was, Tony and the three of them had been at their limit for a while, and if no one helped, any of them could fall down at any moment.
Seeing Jerry rushing in, especially his strolling among the crows, Tony and the three of them were all shocked.
Jerry swung his sword and slashed two crows in a row while joining their warband.
The three-person formation instantly turned into a four-person formation, and Jerry yelled: "Rush out with me!"